THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2004

COMMITTEE ON LABOR

Senator Brian Kanno, Chair

Senator Les Ihara, Jr., Vice Chair

NOTICE OF DECISION MAKING

 

DATE:

Friday, February 13, 2004

TIME:

1:15 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 225

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

The purpose of this decision making meeting is to insert substantive provisions into the following short form bill. A public hearing will be scheduled at a later date, at which public testimony will be accepted.

SB 214

RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

Requires Leeward Community College to establish a program to provide cultural education and integration, language, employment, training, and legal services for Micronesian, Marshallese, and Palauan immigrants in Hawaii in order to assist them in becoming gainfully employed members of the community. Requires Leeward Community College to fund the program through an application for a grant from appropriations made to Hawaii pursuant to the Compact of Free Association Amendments of 2003, P.L. 108-188, 11 Stat. 2027. (proposed SD1)

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Copies of the proposed SD1 are available in room 202 and on the Legislature's website: www.capitol.hawaii.gov.

AS THIS IS A DECISION MAKING MEETING, NO TESTIMONY WILL BE ACCEPTED.

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign language interpreter, wheelchair accessibility, or parking designated for the disabled) please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6830.

 

 

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Senator Brian Kanno

Chair